The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-06
UNION LABOR PARTY
or Ohio-Foll Ticket Put In tho Field--The
.NN ~ Platform Adopted. AZ. .a.l- LLELL

'$.i UNION LABOR PARTY
OF Ohio-Foll Ticket Put In tho Field-Th
| .&t Platform Adopted.
'CoLuMuus, O., July 5.-Tho State Con
vcntion Of the Union Labor party com
pleted It's labors at noon to-day and ad
journed until 2 o'clock this afternoon t,
listen to speech by General Weaver.
The convention this morning was bar
monious one, and although Hamilton
county had a majority OF the delegates
present. thoy asked for no place on tht
ticket; their watch.word was Harmony
All the nominations except that O
Member Of the Board Of Public Works
we're unanimous and made amid constd
cradle cheering. The first nominee ap
peared to catch the delegates and all 9th.
ers withdrew, leaving but one name before
tho convention. The Greenback sentiment
ruled the convention and the nomination
ot Hon. John Seitz, OF Seneca county, q
radical dreenbacker, for Governor, WAS g
bid for the greenback vote, and shows
plainly that the rag baby" will soon be
revived by the Union Labor party OF Ohio.
For Lieutenant Governor T. +. Nc.
Donald, Of Springfield, was nominated
Supreme Judge, long term, Timothy o..
Connor, Cincinnati; short term, G. w.
Tuttle, OF Lake; Auditor Of State, o. j.
Sutton, Of Summit; Treasurer, G. NJ.
Hunter, Stark Attorney General, William
Baker, Of Licking; Board of Public Works,
Carl A. Reader, Of Cuyahoga. 55'SfE5
Following iB the substance OF the plat
form: u l f71 sG.-i 4,
The delegates Of the Union Labor party
OF the State OF Ohio in convention as.
sembled regard our industrial and politi.
cal situation with grave alarm. The ma.
tural agencies Of production and distri.
button are seized by syndicates OF specula.
tors and gamblers, to whom every produc-
tive industry in the land Is compelled to
pay tribute. Laws are enacted and ad-
in the special interest OF COM
binations OF corporations Of aggregated
wealta to the detriment Of both producer
aud consumer. The entire machinery of
the two dominant parties is manipulated
by the Doodle OF monopoly, thus leaving
the masses Of their followers powerless to
reform existing evils. s4}'5sSl'
Believing that 1t is the right, the duty,
OF the toiling masses 10 cast aside all past
party differences, and associate themselves
together for the purpose Of securing to the
toiling producers the full fruits Of their
toll and make industrial worth the. true
standard of greatness, we, therefore, en-
dorse the platform OF the Union Labor
Party promulgated at Cincinnati .Febru.
ary %, 1887. gs: "A E.
And We further demand at the hands OF
the State that the foe system be abolished
and that official salaries shall be COM
mensurate with services performed; that
the laws against the employment Of
bribery, force, or intimidation to secure
nominations or elections to public office,
be rigidly enforced and that free drinks OF
lunch shall be declared bribery BY statute;
that the charters Of all corporations which
have violated the law under which they
were granted be revoked; that all mort
cages on real estate be taxed, and
a corresponding exemption of the
mortgagor; that all school books
used in the common L schools be
printed by the State. and furnished
at cost; that all banks shall be REQUIRED
to give security to the State to the average
amount Of their deposits; that specuis-
ton in the, necessaries of life, "corneriny"
the market and dealing in "margins" and
futures are ruinous to legitimate business,
highly demoralixing, and We denounce
the courts Of Ohio for failing to enforce
the laws declaring such acts criminal Of
fenses; that all discrimination by en-
ployers against lawful associations Of en-
ployes to secure their rights violate the
constitutional right OF the citizen and
shall be declared a felony that the ratio
OF assessing railroad corporations be based
upon the capitalization as shown on the
books Of the State Railroad Commission.
or, and that the assessment shall be the
same as on other property in proportion
to capitalization, or estimated saleable
value, and that the same principle apply
to banks and all other business corpora.
tions. 3'.If tfsf, -55f;s]. q 3. 80